Improving Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture : Issues and Options in Water-Constrained Production Systems

Due to climate change and increasing food prices, emphasis needs to be placed on addressing water management as a key determinant for agricultural production and productivity. However, governments and donors have tended to pay relatively little att...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Rural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO MARKETS ACTUAL RAINFALL ADVERSE EFFECTS AFDB AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL USES AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGROFORESTRY AGRONOMIC PRACTICES AGRONOMY ANIMALS AQUIFERS ARID AREAS ARID CONDITIONS ARID REGIONS AVERAGE YIELD AVERAGE YIELDS BASINS BIODIVERSITY BIOMASS BOTANY CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON SEQUESTRATION CASE STUDIES CASH CROPS CATCHMENT CATCHMENTS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH CGIAR CGIAR CENTERS CHICKPEAS CIFOR CLASSIFICATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION FOR WATER CONSTRUCTION COTTON COVER CROPS COVERING CROP CROP INSURANCE CROP MANAGEMENT CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CROP PRODUCTION CROP ROTATION CROP ROTATIONS CROP YIELDS CROPLAND CROPPING CROPPING SEASONS CROPPING SYSTEM DAMS DATA COLLECTION DEEP PERCOLATION DEFICIT IRRIGATION DEFORESTATION DESERTIFICATION DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL DOWNSTREAM USERS DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRY SEASONS DRYLAND FARMERS EARTHWORKS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MEASUREMENT EXTERNALITIES FAO FARM PONDS FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FERTILIZERS FISHERIES FLOOD DAMAGE FLOODING FLOODS FLOW REGULATION FLUSHING FOOD DEMAND FOOD PRICES FOOD SUPPLY FORESTRY FORESTS FRUIT GIS GRAIN GRAIN CROPS GRAIN SORGHUM GREEN REVOLUTION GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROWING SEASON HARVEST ICARDA ICE ICRISAT IFAD IITA IMPACT ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL WATER INTUITION IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT LAND COVER LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LIVESTOCK LOW RAINFALL MAIZE MALNUTRITION NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NUTRIENTS ORCHARDS ORGANIC MATTER PARKS PASTURES PESTICIDE PESTICIDE USE PLAINS PLANT BREEDING PLANT GROWTH PLANT PRODUCTION PLANTATION PONDS POPULATION GROWTH POTATOES POTENTIAL YIELDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PRESSURE PROGRAMS RAIN RAINFALL EVENTS RAINFED CROPS RAINWATER RECHARGE REMOTE SENSING RESEARCH CENTERS RESERVOIRS RICE RIDGING RIPARIAN RIPARIAN VEGETATION ROOT ZONE ROOTS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SATELLITE DATA SEDIMENT SEDIMENT LOAD SILT SNOW SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL MANAGEMENT SOIL MOISTURE SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE SOIL PROFILE SOIL STRUCTURE SOILS STORM WATER STREAM STREAMFLOW SUGAR SURFACE RUNOFF THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TREES TROPICAL AGRICULTURE UNEP UNITED NATIONS USE OF WATER VEGETATION VEGETATIVE BARRIERS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER CONTENT WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER HARVESTING WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS WATER QUANTITY WATER REQUIREMENTS WATER RESOURCES WATER RETENTION WATER RIGHTS WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER USE EFFICIENCY WATER VAPOR WATERSHED WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT WATERSHEDS WETLANDS WHEAT WILDLIFE WINTER WHEAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16338943/improving-water-management-rainfed-agriculture-issues-options-water-brconstrained-production-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13028

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16338943/improving-water-management-rainfed-agriculture-issues-options-water-brconstrained-production-systems
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13028

Improving Water Management in Rainfed Agriculture : Issues and Options in Water-Constrained Production Systems

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